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[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (25 children)

(To borrow from Cowbee's comment a bit) Wealth inequality was far lower in the Soviet Union's socialist system than the Tsarist system before it, the capitalist system after it was overthrown (obviously), and than western capitalist countries in the same time period.

https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/soviets-oligarchs-inequality-and-property-russia-1905-2016

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (20 children)

Funny you focus on whatever this is and conveniently ignore the millions murdered by the state.

I'm here because my family escaped that shit.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Funny you focus on whatever this is

Is it a bad thing to highlight that wealth disparity dramatically shrank in the USSR and dramatically increased in the Russian Federation?

and conveniently ignore the millions murdered by the state.

Are you referring to Nazi sympathizers, the Tsarist White Army, or Capitalist insurgents?

[–] Tiltinyall@beehaw.org -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wealth disparity is a hilarious metric to use when everyone was poor.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Incorrect. On top of having free healthcare, education, and lower retirement ages than the US, GDP rose rapidly.

[–] Tiltinyall@beehaw.org -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

GDP has something to do with personal wealth?!... hmmm

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

GDP Per Capita.

Wealth disparity lowered, GDP Per Capita raised. Where do you think this went?

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